Tutorial [HOW-TO] Have a homemade Streetpass Relay

TaunTaun 22 · Oct 12, 2013

JarieSuicune said:
Once you have a puzzle, you can get any piece for it from a Gold Pants Mii. I don't know if they will give the first for a puzzle though. I don't think so, since I can't ever get either of those two from them.

T_T It's been a long time since I got a Gold Pants though... and I've only gotten three; Iwata was first, and then (not knowing the loss) sent him to my Collection. sob... I keep hoping to see him again... but no luck so far.

OMG my friend from school and I did THE SAME THING with Miyamoto-san! I swear everybody does this unaware of the results and Nintendo should give out a warning or something. Anyways if you connect to a Nintendo Zone you should get a gold pants Mii.. It's a limited time promotion Nintendo's throwing out there I guess to make us all use the relays more so there can be more tags and whatnot. I got one yesterday I have yet to see who it is though.

One more thing, where is this color - specific mac option? I have Team FAIL's MAC changer I don't see an option anywhere on it for color - specific MACs or relays...

JarieSuicune · Oct 12, 2013

I connect to Nintendo Zones almost every day (including yesterday and today), but no Gold Pants. Might be Region-locked, I guess? I don't know how I'd test that though. I've never heard about that happening...

"color-specific Macs" aren't really necessarily that way... Anyone can easily take a different color in regardless. I can see where the idea comes from, but really, it seems rather wimpy to me... you get TONS of various colors with regular usage, (as well as sharing with more people) and if you don't need a color, just skip it, or just use Coins anyways.
As to what they are, they are just a custom Mac address, to try to let a group of people know to just go there. Of course, you can get yelled at for not also being that color, since that ruins the entire point of it. (>_>)
But, really, these games were meant to be a kind of ongoing thing you know... not a "beat on release day like [insert popular game title here]".
Ah well, either works.

I'm the slow-is-fun type...

TaunTaun 22 · Oct 12, 2013

JarieSuicune said:
I connect to Nintendo Zones almost every day (including yesterday and today), but no Gold Pants. Might be Region-locked, I guess? I don't know how I'd test that though. I've never heard about that happening...

"color-specific Macs" aren't really necessarily that way... Anyone can easily take a different color in regardless. I can see where the idea comes from, but really, it seems rather wimpy to me... you get TONS of various colors with regular usage, (as well as sharing with more people) and if you don't need a color, just skip it, or just use Coins anyways.
As to what they are, they are just a custom Mac address, to try to let a group of people know to just go there. Of course, you can get yelled at for not also being that color, since that ruins the entire point of it. (>_>)
But, really, these games were meant to be a kind of ongoing thing you know... not a "beat on release day like [insert popular game title here]".
Ah well, either works.

I'm the slow-is-fun type...

Ah well I just beat Mii Force Arcade Mode with a random group of people so I'm good, no need for specific colors :3 not until I have to grow a tall Birthday Blossom in Flower Town anyways... o.o

Tizzy · Oct 12, 2013

syrusdark said:
But yeah, I don't think I ever received more than one tag for a non-Mii Plaza game on a single MAC address... Though I didn't pay much attention to it, so I might be wrong. Also haven't been getting any SMTIV tags since the change.

Can anyone else confirm this? I also haven't been able to get any SMTIV tags today, even when going to SMT-specific MACs or Etrian Odyssey ones (That are likely to be also seeded with SMT IV tags). Is SMTIV broken on streetpass relays?

xshinox · Oct 12, 2013

My friend showed me how to make a homepass for myself using my iPhone 4 and it works but I will be selling it soon so I won't be able to get 2 streetpasses per 8 hour. I have a android device but not sure on rooting it. Is it possible to do this homepass on a iPod Touch 5th generation using the same methods I did for the iPhone 4?

JRave · Oct 12, 2013

Tizzy said:
Can anyone else confirm this? I also haven't been able to get any SMTIV tags today, even when going to SMT-specific MACs or Etrian Odyssey ones (That are likely to be also seeded with SMT IV tags). Is SMTIV broken on streetpass relays?

Since the change it seems that game related data isn't as common as before. Unsure if this is Nintendo's fault, or if it is from people still running their HomePass constantly collecting all those passes.

darren42 · Oct 13, 2013

TaunTaun 22 said:
One more thing, where is this color - specific mac option? I have Team FAIL's MAC changer I don't see an option anywhere on it for color - specific MACs or relays...

You won't find those mac addresses listed in any of the mac changer programs here, the only place with the listing of those mac addresses is on the google spreadsheet. This is to help limit the amount of people that will use those mac addresses without changing their mii shirt colour to match first.

JRave · Oct 13, 2013

So I've been keeping track of my Streetpass data received per MAC. I think I figured out what is going on and why we think something is wrong.

As near as I can tell the Relay only passes off 1 set of Game Data and up to 6 Mii Plaza Data per MAC Address. This might be intentional (database restriction?), or an oversight on their part though. They could also have tweaked it since Thursday, as that was when I did my last large batch of runs until Pokemon's release.

driph · Oct 13, 2013

duke_srg said:
There is no default period! It is calculated by the script to equally spread all MACs on your list whithin one 8 hours cooldoen period with the equal delay between changes. Five stars on cron only points to that script is running . every minute 24x7. You do not need to worry about this period, the script changes MACs with optimal way to give you the most diverse streetpasses.

Ahh, good to know. I'm actually in the minority, where we've been aiming to get a healthy amount of passes, but not so many that we get burned out by a constantly full queue. The new upgrade to 6-per-relay thing is actually making that harder to do. :]

Been running your script since that post, and so far everything has been rock solid. Thanks again for putting it together!

Nintendo3dsDude · Oct 13, 2013

Just got all pink pieces for X and Y that didn't take to long lol

ChancelierPalpatine · Oct 14, 2013

Hello,
I did not understand how to apply the small 3)f of this post:
http://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-have-a-homemade-streetpass-relay.352645/#post-4736164
Could you help me understand?
(excuse my english I'm french

)

JarieSuicune · Oct 15, 2013

So, I'm loving my (dual-wireless PC) Homepass! Got almost every Pink Piece for almost every puzzle (3 to go, one is Chibi Robo, so it's been slower)! But I've found that changing my Mac doesn't let me suddenly hit another 'Nintendo Zone'. No matter what, I only get one hit per 8 hours. I'm good with that, but it would be nice to get that 100 people in one day achievement...

;

HOWEVER, that's not what I really want. This is:

I've pointed out before, I have a Japanese version 3DS, and have been wanting to find out about the McDonalds and ANA DS puzzles.
Can I StreetPass to get them, like I did almost every other puzzle (provided the system is fully up to date, which it is)?

Most puzzles have come in sets, and so long as you have the system up to date, you get a new puzzle mainly by streetpassing someone who has at least one piece of that puzzle then getting it. (I got almost every single puzzle through regular StreetPass, not SpotPass)

So, can I get these two? Or was the first piece only ever available from the local wireless events they were given at?

I don't need hearsay, or suspicions, I already have that. I just need the yes/no answer from someone else who also has a Japanese system and knows the answer for sure.

Josh Buss · Oct 15, 2013

I created a little powershell script that reads a CSV file and cycles through MACs using SSH on DDWRT router

I attached the files

Enjoy

Running DD-WRT 2.4SP2 on a Buffalo WHR-HP-G54

1. Enable powershell scripts on your system
2. edit ps1 file with DDWRT hostname/user/password
3. Run script
4. collect ALL THE THINGS!

keyra · Oct 15, 2013

Josh Buss said:
I created a little powershell script that reads a CSV file and cycles through MACs using SSH on DDWRT router

it would work with micro plus build so, right?

dicamarques · Oct 15, 2013

ChancelierPalpatine said:
Hello,
I did not understand how to apply the small 3)f of this post:
http://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-have-a-homemade-streetpass-relay.352645/#post-4736164
Could you help me understand?
(excuse my english I'm french )

From which guide 1 or 2??

Oh btw anyone has an issue that virtual miniport disables it self when I change the mac on windows?
I have 2 wlan cards, a D-Link and TP.Link Wn422G, on the d-link it runs the commands to change the mac but it doesnt change. On the tp-link it runs the commands and changes the mac but my AP goes off and cant start it with the changed mac.
As anyone had this issue before?

Josh Buss · Oct 15, 2013

You need ssh for this script

I don't think Micro include ssh and telnet is less than easy to script for...although it is possible[/s]

keyra said:
it would work with micro plus build so, right?

keyra · Oct 15, 2013

Josh Buss said:
You need ssh for this script

I don't think Micro include ssh and telnet is less than easy to script for...although it is possible[/s]

just checked, and right no ssh on micro or micro plus :/

JarieSuicune · Oct 15, 2013

dicamarques said:
Oh btw anyone has an issue that virtual miniport disables it self when I change the mac on windows?
I have 2 wlan cards, a D-Link and TP.Link Wn422G, on the d-link it runs the commands to change the mac but it doesnt change. On the tp-link it runs the commands and changes the mac but my AP goes off and cant start it with the changed mac.
As anyone had this issue before?

When using dual-wireless, there are a lot of little problems that can happen while trying to get the settings right. (namely Blue Screens and/or the Miniport Adapter 'disappearing')
First off, if one's Mac won't change, it probably can't, so just use that for the internet connection. (leave it connected at all times)
The one that does change; can you change it manually (in Properties->Advanced tab)?
Either way, when you do change it, does the Miniport Adapter disappear from your Adapters window? (this is a common issue, or is for me, when not doing things just right)

Also, NEVER attempt to change the Mac of an adapter that is currently connected to the internet. (Every time I did, I got a Blue Screen, and then had to manually remove the adapter, remove various settings, then re-install it... if not, it would re-Blue Screen until I did. Other things can cause this as well, but mainly related to the adapter being connected to something, but NOT as a Virtual Router. When it's a VR, it's safe to change it. If you don't have that problem regardless, nice.)

dicamarques · Oct 15, 2013

JarieSuicune said:
When using dual-wireless, there are a lot of little problems that can happen while trying to get the settings right. (namely Blue Screens and/or the Miniport Adapter 'disappearing')
First off, if one's Mac won't change, it probably can't, so just use that for the internet connection. (leave it connected at all times)
The one that does change; can you change it manually (in Properties->Advanced tab)?
Either way, when you do change it, does the Miniport Adapter disappear from your Adapters window? (this is a common issue, or is for me, when not doing things just right)

Also, NEVER attempt to change the Mac of an adapter that is currently connected to the internet. (Every time I did, I got a Blue Screen, and then had to manually remove the adapter, remove various settings, then re-install it... if not, it would re-Blue Screen until I did. Other things can cause this as well, but mainly related to the adapter being connected to something, but NOT as a Virtual Router. When it's a VR, it's safe to change it. If you don't have that problem regardless, nice.)

Should have provided more info. Im using a desktop with w7 and income internet from cable. SO, the issue is if you go to device manager and advanced on the tp-link wifi, theres a option to change the mac but if I enable that the miniport gets a error code 10 (and yellow triangle). I'm just trying out this on win to try to improve the guide.

JarieSuicune · Oct 15, 2013

Wait, so your internet is cabled?

I had some trouble like that, when I was trying to set up my non-cabled-internet HomePass.
For me, sometimes when I had all three on, I couldn't even get the Miniport to show in Adapters (this was my most common problem through it all), and trying to Start the Virtual Router would give the "cannot start" message.
I never quite figured out what was up with it, since I got it working suddenly after a Blue Sreen involving the one that was a USB... (Now all three are connected and working... >_>; I don't yet know why they finally started playing nice, and don't want to deal with setting that all up again to find out.)

I suspect it's an issue of it not knowing which wireless to use to set up on. Once it's established, I think it 'locks' the Miniport Adapter to the particular wireless adapter, but until then it's a dilemma for it... or something like that.
Probably having a cabled internet makes it easier for it to not have issues with access to the Miniport though, since there is no dilemma over if that connection should have the Miniport...

Not quite sure, just suspicions from my experience.
Sorry it's not very useful...

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